海南汉语方言姑姨舅类亲属称谓研究

海南岛上的海南话、儋州话、　话、军话和迈话等汉语主要方言 ,其姑、姨、舅类称谓 ,无论是父母的同胞还是其配偶 ,都同伯叔类一样严格区分长幼 ,而且父方母方共用同一称谓。这不仅与汉语北方类型大相径庭 ,而且与汉语南方类型也差别很大 ,然而却与岛上非汉语系统的黎语、临高语和村话相同。这种情况是由于受岛上非汉语诸语言的影响所致。     

客家话的舌齿音声母及其演变——兼论客家话与北方话的分离年代

本文探讨客家话各方言点知章精庄四组声母的状态及其演变,指出客家话不同方言点四组声母的现状是同一初始状态进一步演变的结果,并结合历史和现实的语言材料对演变过程作了细致的阐述,据此确认唐代后期至宋代初期为客家话和北方话分离的年代     

The social dimension of the Southern Vowel Shift: Gender, age and class

The three most broadly recognized dialect areas of American Regional English are currently being re-defined by, in some cases, sweeping changes that alter the way vowels are being pronounced in the South, North and West. While research into the changes in urban Northern dialects has contributed a fairly broad picture of both the phonetic and social character of the Northern Cities Shift (NCS), the changes affecting the Southern region of the U.S. have received less attention, particularly in terms of social distribution and dissemination. This paper seeks to address the question of how successfully changes in the high and mid front and back vowels in the South are being disseminated throughout a local urban community and how these changes fit in with changes occurring in other American dialects. In addition, the paper weighs the attraction to local or national norms in determining the success and diffusion of each of the shifts relative to the social environment in which they are developing and attempts to relate the local social embedding of the shifts to their meaning in the larger national context.     

宜昌方言词及其文化意义

宜昌 ,地处长江中游 ,属西南方言区。本文择取上自秭归 ,下至宜都地段的部分方言词 ,解释其语义 ,分析其语用特征 ,并对其文化意义给予了比较充分的说明     

客家方言与民系形成的时间和地点

客家方言及民系形成的时间、地点问题，是客家学研究中的重大问题，也是争议较多的问题、本文从移民走向和人口变化、汉畲杂处等新角度进行探讨，认为：赣方言形成在先，客家方言是北宋中期在赣南形成，而客家民系则到南宋中期闽粤赣三角地区全部客家方言化后才告形成。     

关中方言的形成及新时期关中方言研究现状

陕西关中地区历史悠久，文化灿烂，无论地望、人文抑或方言，在中国文化史上都占有突出地位。关中方言是关中文化的重要组成部分，也是传承千百年关中文化的载体，从古至今都是学术界关注的焦点。本文拟就关中方言的历史形成与研究现状做以筢梳，旨在显示新时期关中方言研究的实缋，指出研究中所存在的问题和应该努力的方向，使以后的研究能更加深入。     

四川黄联关客家话与梅县客家话的比较

文章介绍了四川西昌黄联关客家话方言岛客家方言的声、韵、调 ,并与梅县客家话语音特点进行比较。     

Global Hakka: a case study

This paper is based on a case study of a small group of Hakkas who have left the village-town of Beruas in the state of Perak on the west coast of the Malaysian Peninsula to make their homes overseas – mostly in cultures which are very different from the Hakka environment in which they grew up. It looks at: the reasons why they left their hometown; how they identify themselves in their new place of residence; who they married; their offspring in relation to the their mother tongue (Hakka) and traditions; how they see the future of ‘Hakka culture’ and the social and cultural costs of living overseas and marrying outside the dialect.     

戈登“三阶段理论”与美国英语的发展

本文以戈登“三阶段理论”为依据，从历史文化与语言发展的角度阐述了美国英语的形成与发展，认为美国英语是以英国英语为母体，融合了其他民族语言而形成的具有浓郁本土特色的一种语言。     

客家民谚与“祖宗言”

客家方言在世界不少语言机构中是热门课题，在客家学中，亦为重中之重。客家民谚包含众多的信息，尚须进一步破解，它承载着整个的客家文化，也揭示着客家的历史，保持有客家的记忆，那永难磨灭的颠沛流离、艰难苦恨的历史记忆。因此，它也成了塑造一个民系的精神材料。